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पिथति (pithati)

 
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pithati, oftener pithayati, or pitheti (see also (a)pidheti
[Page345-b] to Skt. api-dhā-
Geiger 〔39.5〕
in Pali only pass. pithīyati, pithiyyati, in some mss. pidhiyyati
cf. AMg. pihei)
(1) covers: etaṃ maṇiṃ pāṇinā pithiyeyāsi (2 sg. opt. of caus. of pass., you are to cause to be covered) Mv 〔iii.25.6〕 (Senart em. pidhi°)
(śarāveṇa, sc. pratikṛtiṃ) pithayet Mmk 〔287.1〕
pithayet sarvavidiśāṃ 〔362.15〕
yasya pāpakṛtaṃ karma kuśalena pithīyate Ud 〔xvi.9, 10〕 (= Pali Dhp. 〔173〕, where pithīyati)
(2) shuts, closes, esp. a door, also a window, the mouth: dvārās te pithitā(ḥ) LV 〔220.20〕
dvārā pithetha LV 〔201.17〕 (vs), shut the doors
nagaradvārāṇi pithayata LV 〔228.2〕 (prose)
in Mmk 〔560.27〕 perh. read dvāraṃ (for text śuddhāraṃ, q.v.) pithayitvā
sa pithad evaṃ cittam utpādayati Śikṣ 〔348.10—11〕 (prose), he, closing (the door), forms this thought
here pithad stands for pithan, pres. pple. n. sg. m., perh. owing to association with Skt. (a)pidadhat? cf. Bendallʼs note
pithita-vātayāne Mv 〔iii.122.5〕 (vs, so read, see vātayāna)
mukhadvāraṃ … pithitaṃ Divy 〔232.20〕
(3) blocks, suppresses (the senses, ascetically): na cendriyāṇi pithayati sma LV 〔257.2〕 (prose
Tib. bkag), of the Bodhisattva performing austerities (yet he did not grasp the objects of sense)
(4) blocks (a way), in lit. sense: mārgo … pithitaḥ Divy 〔7.1〕
(5) closes (the door to) or blocks (the way to), evil states of existence (either dvāra or mārga, or a synonym, may be used, or neither
the figure is clearly derived from 2 and 4 above): (tisṛṇāṃ durgatīnāṃ) dvāraṃ pithitaṃ bhaviṣyati SP 〔260.9〕
pithitā apāyapatha LV 〔117.9〕 (vs)
pithituṃ apāyapatha yeṣa matir vivṛtuṃ ca ṣad-(Calc. ṣaḍ-
read sad-)gatipathaṃ hy amṛtaṃ LV 〔46.7〕 (vs), … to block the ways to evil and open the immortal way to good fates (Foucaux la bonne voie)
(sarvā) pāyadurgati-pithita-gatiḥ LV 〔273.1〕 (prose)
sarvāṇy akṣaṇāni pithitāny abhūvan LV 〔278.22〕
pithitāni … apāyapathāni Suv 〔62.10〕
kumārga sarvaṃ pithita apāyabhūmiḥ Śikṣ 〔307.3〕 (vs
Bendallʼs note misunderstands)
(sarvākṣaṇa-dvārakapāṭāni) pithapayiṣyati Gv 〔112.20〕 (prose
would seem to be fut. of a caus. analogous to sthapaya-, dapaya-, etc., but prob. read pithayiṣyati)
-pīthita, m.c. for pi°, Gv 〔55.1〕, see s.v. pithana
pithanti (2d ed pibanti, which is absurd) sarvākṣaṇāpāyadurgativinipātadvārāṇi Gv 〔63.15〕.